Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Abstract
The antibody response to Helicobacter pylori was examined in 56 children (ages 5 to 18) to determine whether serological tests can be used for diagnosis. Twenty-four children (43%) were H. pylori positive and 32 children (57%) were H. pylori negative by culture and histological examination of endoscopic biopsy specimens. The immune response was also examined in 39 nonendoscoped parents of the children. H. pylori-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA antibodies were detected by the flow microsphere immunofluorescent assay (FMIA). IgG was also detected by using the Pyloristat enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for the FMIA for IgG were 100, 97, 96, and 100%, respectively. The respective values for the Pyloristat ELISA for IgG were 96, 94, 92, and 97%. The respective values for the FMIA for IgA were 50, 100, 100, and 73%. Both assays identified the same 19 parents as IgG positive, while FMIA identified 17 of the 19 parents as IgA positive.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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